Waste management is a central issue in urbanisation. As in many other countries, this is one of the problems The Gambia is facing currently. Waste management remains the most pressing challenge confronting our municipal councils particularly in the urban centres.
The significance of waste management cannot be overemphasised. It promotes a healthy community as it improves the environmental condition of the areas whose level of environmental degradation hitherto made them to a great degree unfit for human habitation. People are also saved from the burden of having to put up with the discomfort of dirt, and unpleasant odour that emanates from encroaching dumpsites. Yet waste management remains an issue confronting the development process of the country. It is not uncommon to see huge waste dumps scattered around some neighbourhoods, highways and even public places like markets. Even during the monthly 'Operation clean the nation', it is disheartening to see waste gathered on the streets for days without being collected by the municipal authorities. News about a garbage dump at the Serrekunda market is therefore not surprising.
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